California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice

@ccijustice.bsky.social

We use coordination, advocacy & legal services to fight for the liberation of immigrants in detention. linktr.ee/ccijustice

GEO Group, the for-profit prison company that operates Golden State Annex ICE detention center, must pay $100k+ in fines to Cal/OSHA over workplace violations that endangered people in ICE custody who work for the multibillion dollar corporation for $1-a-day. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Black mold and $1 wages: Settlement forces immigrant detention centers to protect workers

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's workplace safety and health requirements.

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People detained at California City Detention Center are not allowed to hug and hold their loved ones. Sign the petition to demand ICE and CoreCivic allow contact visits at Cal City! Sign now to help them reach the goal of 500 signatures by June 1st! actionnetwork.org/petitions/03...

Hugs Beyond Bars: Contact Visits at Cal City NOW!

People detained at California City Detention Center are not allowed to hug and hold their loved ones. California City Detention Center opened in August 2025 without the necessary permits and in viol...

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The new California Department of Justice report on conditions inside ICE detention in the state reveal what people in detention have been saying for years: immigration detention is unjust, inhumane and deadly. www.newsweek.com/life-inside-...

Life inside California ICE camps revealed in new report

Strip searches at San Diego’s Otay Mesa facility left detainees feeling humiliated and harmed their mental health, the report found.

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Please support Erik if you can! CCIJ has had the honor and privilege of getting to know and work with Erik, whose advocacy and leadership inside immigration detention has helped expose ICE’s abuses and injustices. He has been in ICE detention for MORE THAN SIX YEARS. chuffed.org/project/1559...

Help Erik fight for justice & freedom! / Apoya a Erik en su lucha por la justicia y la libertad!

(en español abajo)

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People detained by ICE in the new California City Immigrant Prison are already reporting retaliation by guards after 100+ protested inhumane conditions. Guards reportedly threatened them in riot gear, handcuffed protesters and took them to solitary confinement. www.ccijustice.org/post/retalia...

Private Prison Guards Contracted by ICE Retaliate Against Immigrants for Protesting Abuse and Neglect Inside New California City Immigrant Detention Center

Detained immigrants report guards entered their cell blocks wearing riot gear and arresting several protesters

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